Ratios please help

Question

Six times a number is 45 greater than the product of the number -3 find the number

Answer 1

Parse the sentence to write the equation. The first clue is the word "is". That means equal.

So, the sentence looks like this:

Six times a number = 45 greater than the product of the number -3

Next, assign a variable to "number"---let's use X

Six times X = 45 greater than the product X times -3 <<note I made an assumptions that it's supposed to be times>>

Simplify:

6*X = X*(-3) + 45

Collect the X terms on the left and then solve for X

Answer 2

6x = 45 + -3x

9x = 45

x=5